A Book Review That Teaches The Author Something About Typos . . .

The review is of Notes from An Alien and the reviewer is an inmate in Maryland, U. S. A. who’s been incarcerated for 32 years and is serving a life term.

Here is his review:

“It started a bit slow, but I found it completely worth reading. I thought the concept of a living sentient planet was a creative way to broaden one’s vision of what constitutes life.

“Reading Notes from An Alien is enhanced if the reader has at least a moderate conceptualization of Theology and Philosophy.

“The generational transitions are effective for conveying the elemental need for societal consistency. Well done!

“For those who read it in depth, it can be very thought provoking and, in my opinion, that is the primary purpose of the written word. I feel that if a writer fails to ignite creative thought, then the writer has essentially failed the reader.

“I look forward to a continuation in the series.

“Thank you for sharing your creativity, Peace should be everyone’s primary objective in life.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apart from the education this review gave me about the intelligence of a prison lifer, I must say it’s the most welcome review I’ve gotten for my novel…

Alex, I love your line “…typos we do see are often not the ones others see…”
Too true of most truths, I imagine…:) And I love your reviewer’s take on writing that it should “…ignite creative thought…” I’ll carry that with me when I write from now on… I look forward to a continuation in the series also!

I liked “…ignite creative thought …”, too. That’s a great responsibility for an author. Where can this spark of creative thought live and grow? I read a post by a reviewer on why he never wrote about self-published books or books from small presses, maintaining big publishers produced better books. I can’t help feeling that this is an attitude that smothers creativity.

I liked “Peace should be everyone’s primary objective in life.” I forget who said, “When I look through the bars, do I see mud or stars,” but I have to think this reader of your book might have a better understanding of that than I do. Perhaps.